• DocumentCode
    815882
  • Title

    Dispersion-free (de)mux with record figure-of-merit

  • Author

    Yu, C.X. ; Neilson, D.T. ; Doerr, C.R. ; Zirngibl, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Crawford Hill Lab., Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2002
  • Firstpage
    1300
  • Lastpage
    1302
  • Abstract
    The authors demonstrate a wavelength (de)mux that is dispersion-free and has significantly better figure-of-merit, defined as 1-dB bandwidth over 20-dB bandwidth, over existing devices. A four-channel demux has been fabricated and the figure-of-merit is 97%. A practical system application of this device has also been demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    demultiplexing equipment; diffraction gratings; optical communication equipment; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; banding demux; bulk diffraction gratings; dispersion-free demultiplexer; figure-of-merit; four-channel demux; grating demultiplexer; multichannel demux; optical demultiplexer; quarter-wave plate; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; Gratings; Lenses; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical films; Optical filters; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2002.801060
  • Filename
    1032360